About Balandu Village

Balandu is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,008, made up of 500 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balandu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835202
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	1,008
Male Population	500
Female Population	508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balandu compares

By the 2011 count Balandu is the 24th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Balandu

Balandu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balandu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balandu from other places

Balandu lies about 30 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balandu
Nearest railway station	Bingaon	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	16 km
Nearest town	Khunti	27 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	30 km

Villages closest to Balandu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lapung tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balandu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balandu village had a population of 1,008. That makes it the 24th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Balandu village has 500 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balandu has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Balandu is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balandu covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balandu falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balandu is Bingaon, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balandu.

Balandu is about 30 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balandu is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Bingaon is about 12 km away. Lapung is about 16 km away. Khunti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.